The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Nick Veltman & Tristan Ekker at Gent 2025: 1:03:41, 28th of 280 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 98% of the field beaten on the stations, against 75% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:25 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:01, was faster than 87% of the field.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:44 faster than the average race this season, by 874 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 4:26v median −0:27
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Block 02 6:04Running 2 4:14v median −0:24
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Block 03 7:23Running 3 4:30v median −0:33
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Block 04 7:05Running 4 4:39v median −0:26
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Block 05 8:37Running 5 4:37v median −0:36
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Block 06 5:58Running 6 4:38v median −0:24
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Block 07 7:00Running 7 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 08 8:33Running 8 4:40v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:01
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 278
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 278 men's teams who finished.